Rail fastener



J. LAZOWSKI.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPHcATloN FILED 0cT.3,1921.

1,402,506, .v Patented Jan. 3,1922.

UNITED STATES PATENTg OFFICE.

' JULIAN LAZOW'SKI, 0.72" NEW`KENSINGTON,. I,IlifNTSYLVANIAQv RAIL FASTENEB..

1,402,5oe. l

To all 'Lv/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN Lazowsm, a citizen of Poland, residing at New Kensington, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful improvements in Rail Fasteners, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail' fasteners and has particular reference to aV fastening de- `vice associated with a tie and rail supported thereon for anchoring the rail to the tie Awithout the necessity of providing separable fish plates and fastening bolts for the rail.

. Ther primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a rail fastener wherein rail engaging clamps and anchoring blocks are interloclringly associated with the tie supporting the rail and movable in directions at rightangles to the clamp duringV interlocking engagement with the tie Vfor anchoring the rail to the tie. c

With the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the Iinvention is better understood, the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and in which lilre characters of reference indicate corresponding vparts throughout the several views. Y

the anchoring block interlocked with the supporting tie, Y

igure 4 is a fragmentary developed top plan view ofa portion of the rail showing the manner of assembling the rail engaging clamp and anchoring the block on the tie,

y engaging'clamp showingjthe fish ing an integral partthereof and Figure 6 is a perspective view of the an-,f

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the rail plate formwchoring block associated with the clamp.

Referring" more in detail to the accom- 'panyingdrawing there is illustrated a tie supporting rails with means for anchoring the rails to the tie, thetie being constructed ofany suitable material vand Aer'nbodying a vSpecification of Letters Patent. lPatented J 3,11, 3, 1922.v f i. Application led October 3, 1921. Serial No. 505,620, y

body portion l having a centrally Vpositioned and longitudinally extending reinforcing' rib 2 with a rail supporting block 3 tioned-ad] acent each end of thel tie.

The tie bloclr 3 projects upwardly of the tie as shown more clearly in Figures l to 3 and has a central cut away portion 4 lconstituting a transverse seat for 'the rail 5. The tie block 3 is adapted to receive a rail engaging clamp and anchoring'block for the clamp, and to accommodate the clamp and anchoring block, the tie bloclr 3, adjacent One side of the tie carries upstanding longipositudinally extending walls 6 and transversely f extending crosswalls 7 terminating at points spaced from the opposite side of the tie as clearly shown in Figure 4 with' thev ends of the cross walls 7 beveled as at 8 for purposes presently to appear, the inner faces of the walls 6 and 7 being undercut at 9I and 10 respectively.

A rail engaging clampl is disposed Yat each vside `of the rail 5 as shown in Figure l, they same embodying a body portion ll Vhaving beveled side walls 12 and l2 and a beveled end wall 13, theforward end of the bottom face of the clamp being cut away as at 14 for engagement with the base flange of the raihwhile the extreme forward end of the clamp carries a transverse integral fish plate 15. in mounting the clamp uponthe tie for association with the rail, v the same is positionedA as illustrated in Figure 4, the clamp beingmoved transversely of the tie with the lish plate l5 engaging the webs of the rails with the cut away portion 14y overlying the base ianges, whilecthe body portion l1 of the clamp is supported on the tie block 34 withpthe beveled end wall engaging the under cut face 10 of the wall 7 while the of the wall 6, therebyinterlocking the clampl with the tie. u

An anchoring block is associated with the tie and rail engagingclamp and to accommodate the mounting ofthe anchoring block, the tie block 3, at the Side opposite the wall 6 is provided with a longitudinally extending dove-tailed groove 16 opening at the end of the tie block, while the anchoring block 17 shown in detail in Figure 6 has a perpendicular outer wall 18 and a beveled inner wall l9,.the bottom face o f the anchoring block carrying a A longitudinally extending dove-'tail rib 20 while a beveled forward pro- `beveled wall l2 engages the under cut face 9 i Vjection 21 is carried by the inner end ofthe anchoring block. In positioning 'the anchoring block for interlocking engagenient with the tie., the same is placed as illustrated 'in Figure 4L, aligning the doveftail rib 20 with the dove-tail groove 16 and moving the rib into said groove, the bevel face 19 of the anchoring block engaging the bevel wall 2f of the clamp with the projection 2l overlying the base flange of the rail. To retain the Y authoring block in assembled position with y respect tothe tie, locking bolts 22 are passed through openings 23 in the ancheringibloclr and threaded into' the tie as shown in Figure 3.

.j The rails i5 supported on the tie seats have `what is believed to be the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is nevertheless to be understoodthat minor changes may be sidewall and the end wall'engaging the unmade in the form, combination and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as, claimed.

l. A rail fastener comprising in combination with a tie having a tie block adjacent each end thereof, said bloclr including upstandi'nglongitudinal and transversely exe tending walls with the transverse walls terminating at p oints spaced from the adjacent side of the tie with the inner faces of the walls under cut, a dove-tailed groove ex-V tending longitudinally of the tie block out wardly of the transverse walls vand opening ingclamp having beveled side and end walls supported on said tie block with one beveled der cut faces of the tie blockl walls and an Aanchoringbloclr having a dove-tailed Vrib L re^ei ved in said dovetailed groove for anchoring the rail engaging clamp to the tie.

I 2. A rail fastener comprising in combination witha tie havingva tie block adjacent ea-h end thereof, said block including upstanding longitudinal and transversely extending walls withy the transverse walls terminating-at points spaced from the adjacent r, side of thetie with the inner faces of the walls under cut, a dove-tailed groove extendop ing longitudinally of the tie block outwardly e5 Y '0f ,the 'transverse walls 'andbpenng at the end of the tie block, a rail engaging clamp having beveled side and end walls supported. Y

on said tie block with one beveled side wall and the end wall engaging the undercut-V faces of the tie block walls and lan anchoring block having a dove-tailed rib and a beveled side wall with the rib received in the dovetailed groove to position the beveled wall of the anchoring block for engagement with the' outer beveled wall to the clamp.

rail fastener comprising in combination with a tie having a tie block adjacent cach end thereof, said block including upstanding longitudinal and transversely extending walls with the transverse walls ter-l minating at points spaced from the adjacent side of the tie with the inner faces of the walls undercut, a dove-tailed groove extend- Y ing longitudinally of the tie blockoutwardly tailed groove to 'position the beveled wall of l the anchoring block for engagement with the outer beveled wall tothe clamp,' and means for securing the anchoring block to the tie.

e. A rail fastener comprisingin combination with'a tie having a tie block adjacent' each end thereof, said block including upstanding longitudinal and transversely extending walls with the transverse walls terminating at points spaced from the adjacent side of the tie'with the inner faces of the walls under Cut, a dove-tailed groove extending longitudinally of the tie .block outwardly of the transverse walls and opening at the end of the tie block, a rail engaging clamp having beveled side and end wallssupported onY said tie block with one beveledside wall and the end wall'e'ngaging the under cut V .faces of the tie,- block walls, an anchoring at the end of the tie block, a rail engagi bloclr having a ldove-tailed rib received in rail engagingv clamp to the tie, and atransversely extending integral rail engaging fish plate `carried by the clamp.

said dovetailed groove for anchoringthe 5. A rail fastener comprising in' combination with a tie having a tie block adjacent each end thereof, said block including upstanding longitudinal and transversely extending walls with the transverse walls terminating at points spaced from the adj acentk side of the tie with the inner faces of the walls under cut, a dove-tailed groove extending longitudinally of the tie block outwardly of the transverse Vwalls and opening at the end of the tie block, a rail engaging clamp having beveled side and end walls supported D11 ySal-id .tie block Vwith one beveled slide wall faces of the tieblock Wells, an anchoring block having u dovetailed rib and a beveled side Wall with the rib received in the dovetailed groove to position the beveled Wall oi the anchoring block for engagement With the `outer beveled Wall to the clamp, and a transversely extending integral rail engaging fish plate carried by the clamp.

10 6. A rail fastener of the type described comprising in combination with e tie having transverse "and longitudinally extendinggrooved seats, e rail engaging clamp slidably mounted in the transverse seat and an anchoring block slidebly Vmounted in the longitudinal seat engaging the clamp for lockinO' the same tothe tie.

n testimony whereof affix my signature.V

JULIAN LAzoWsKi. 

